"Thomas!" Chuck's voice wakes the three friends up.
Thomas smiles at Chuck, "Hey, what's up?"
"Raven's trying to get a search party together to look for you, Monty, Clarke, and Finn." Chuck explains.
Minho lets out a yawn and Newt just looks irritated.
"Let's go." Newt says.
Chuck follows the three to the edge of camp, where they find Raven and Bellamy arguing. Bellamy looks at Thomas and smiles, "Looks like Thomas and Monty made it home last night."
"This morning." Minho quips.
Newt steps in before Minho starts a fight, "Just Thomas."
Thomas nods, "We got separated, I couldn't find him."
"Was it the grounders?" Bellamy asks.
"I don't think so." Thomas says.
Raven takes that as her moment to step in, "All the more reason we go looking for them, to see what we're up against."
"No, we need to get ready for the grounders." Bellamy says.
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Minho is building foxholes with Thomas and Newt when Octavia appears out of no where, looking scared.
"Octavia?" Thomas asks.
"I need Minho and Newt." Octavia says, panic seeping through her voice.
Minho leans on his handmade shovel, "Why?"
"Murphy has Jasper, we're running out of time." Octavia says.
"Why does Murphy have Jasper, and what do you think that we can do about it?" Minho asks as he goes back to work.
"Bellamy said something about you and Newt saving Murphy." Octavia says.
Minho climbs out of the foxhole while Newt shakes his head, "Murphy can't be reasoned with."
"So we should just let Jasper die?" Octavia says.
Minho places a hand on Octavia's shoulder, "We'll try, but I can't make any promises."
Octavia deflates, but doesn't ask for more as she leads Minho away.
Newt sighs, "He's going to get himself killed one of these days."
Thomas hums in agreement as he watches them walk away.
~Line Break~
"I'm going to trade myself for Jasper-" Bellamy starts but Octavia cuts him off.
"No, he'll k-" Octavia starts.
Raven stops Octavia, "That's why we're here. I'm going to get Minho in, and hopefully he can talk Murphy out of it."
"What makes you think that Minho can do that?" Octavia asks.
Bellamy places a calming hand on Octavia's shoulder, "Murphy is killing people who were involved with hanging him, Minho saved him. If nothing else, he will be a distraction so I can take him out."
"Thanks." Minho says under his breath.
Only Raven hears him, and she sends him a smirk.
"O, I need you to keep everyone working, we need to prepare for the grounders." Bellamy says.
Octavia nods before pulling Bellamy in a hug, "Don't die big brother."
Raven and Minho make their way around the back of the dropship, to give the Blakes sometime to reassure each other. Raven takes off the panel while Minho keeps a lookout, they don't need anyone tipping Murphy off. Jasper comes around, a gun in hand.
"Tell me where to shoot." Jasper says.
"Shut up, they're above us." Raven says from her spot inside the panel.
Minho nods, "Go be with Octavia, if Murphy doesn't hear your voice he might suspect somethings up."
"But-" Jasper says.
Raven sticks her head out, "Jasper go."
Jasper nods before going to help Octavia keep Murphy distracted. Eventually Minho is able to fit in with Raven, it's not comfortable, but at least they won't have to worry about anyone seeing them. Minho listens as Murphy talks to Bellamy, "A noose, he's making Bellamy tie a noose."
Raven smiles, "I can open the dropship doors."
Minho looks at her, "Well you better hurry up."
"Really, I didn't know that." Raven says.
They hear Bellamy let out a strangled noise, then the thudding of an object. If Minho had to guess, he would say that Murphy is watching Bellamy hang.
"Can I get up there?" Minho asks.
Raven nods, "In a minute." Raven does something and then says, "Don't touch any of the wires."
"Thanks." Minho says as he begins to climb.
Minho hears the door open and then the sound of a gunshot. Minho's ears are ringing, and he has to check for injuries. Nothing, Minho lets out a sigh of relief, and then he hears a soft whimper. Raven he thinks as he climbs back down, knowing that Jasper can handle Murphy.
Minho is by Raven's side, "Raven!" His hands are hovering above her, not knowing where she was shot.
Her brown eyes are squeezed shut, and teeth clenched, she's trying not to cry. Minho gently touches her shoulders, feeling the slight tremors go through her body, "Where?" he asks.
Raven lets out a gasp, "My back."
Minho sees a few tears leak out on their own accord, "I'm going to open the panel, I'll be right back."
Raven nods as she silently holds back her pain. Minho kicks open the panel and crawls back to her, "This is going to hurt."
Raven takes a deep breath, and then releases it, "Do it.
Minho picks Raven up to the best of his ability, but due to the space he has to partially drag her. Raven curls her hands around his bicep, nails digging in to prevent herself from screaming out in pain. Minho offers no words of comfort, there's nothing he can say that will make this better. Raven bites her lip so hard it starts to bleed, and Minho can feel blood slowly flow down his arm, but then the sun is on their face. Minho stands with Raven in his arms, hearing a soft grunt and feeling lots of blood.
"Give me a minute." She hisses.
Minho stands stock-still, trying to prevent from hurting her further. "Okay." is all he needs to hear before moving to the dropship, he sees a flash of movement, Murphy, but does nothing.
"Raven!" Bellamy yells.
Raven whimpers in response. Minho makes his way around the dropship as fast as he can without further hurting Raven. Octavia is hovering over her brother, who is listening to something on the radio, but when she sees Raven she's at her side in a moment.
"What happened?" Octavia asks Minho uses his body to shield Raven from the delinquents.
"She was shot." Minho answers simply.
Bellamy wanders over, silently taking in Raven's condition. "Clarke and Finn are hear."
Minho feels all the tension leave Raven's body, at first he thought she died, but he can feel her ragged breaths; she's feels relief.
"Get her to the dropship." Bellamy says as he walks toward the gate.
Jasper follows, probably looking for his best friend.
Octavia runs to the dropship, while Minho follows as fast as he can. Octavia has a table clear and is currently rubbing a cloth doused in moonshine, by the smell of it.
"It's the best I can do." Octavia says as she dries it.
Minho nods and walks over to the table, "Ready?" he whispers.
Raven nods into his shoulder, eyes still squeezed shut. Minho puts her down as gently as he can, but she still gasps. "Clarke's on her way." Octavia says as she cuts Raven's shirt off to see the damage.
Minho sucks in a deep breath as he sees the hole in Raven's abdomen, Octavia motions for him to come over and puts pressure where Octavia shows him. Raven spits out curses that would impress anyone, and Minho offers a small smile, "Sorry."
"Don't be, the bullet missed you by an inch. Lucky." The last part is barely above a breath.
Minho nods, "Yeah."
Clarke walks in, taking the scene in, she looks at Octavia and Minho, "We leave in an hour, you better pack."
Finn grabs Raven's hand, kneeling next to her and whispering words of comfort.
Minho still has his hands trying to stop Raven from bleeding. He looks to Clarke, "Leaving? Why? The grounders are coming, and Raven found more rocket fuel in the dropship."
Raven nods slightly in agreement, while Finn gently strokes her head. "East, to a grounder village-" Clarke starts to explain.
"You found Lincoln?" Octavia asks, voice full of hope.
Finn looks away from Raven to nod at Octavia, "Yeah, he'll be here soon to lead us there."
"This is a mistake." Minho says, "We won't make it."
Octavia moves Minho's hands and pours moonshine on them, before getting a rag ready, "Raven this is going to hurt."
Raven nods and Octavia cleans the wound to the best of her ability, before rinsing it with moonshine. Raven's screams fill the camp as the delinquents get ready to abandon the place they call home.
A/N I hope you guys enjoyed the changes I made to the story! Please let me know how I can improve!
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